History YMMV / Gor

*** Against all of this, there is the Gorean concept that when the right Master and slave-girl end up together, they will both be fully satisfied with the relationship - and have many centuries to enjoy it. This is the denouement of ''Captive of Gor'', ''Slave Girl of Gor'', and the other girl-protagonist stories, and a number of other Master/slave relationships seem to be heading that way in other books too. Essentially, true can only be found by putting the right Master with the right brainwashed sex-slave, who's clearly in a position to decide what she finds "fulfilling."

*** Against all of this, there is the Gorean concept that when the right Master and slave-girl end up together, they will both be fully satisfied with the relationship - and have many centuries to enjoy it. This is the denouement of ''Captive of Gor'', ''Slave Girl of Gor'', and the other girl-protagonist stories, and a number of other Master/slave relationships seem to be heading that way in other books too. The path to true fulfillment is putting the right Master with the right brainwashed sex-slave, who's clearly in the position to decide what she finds "fulfilling."

** And indeed the Quotes section of this very page consists only of parodies, not selections from the books themselves.

*** Against all of this, there is the Gorean concept that when the right Master and slave-girl end up together, they will both be fully satisfied with the relationship - and have many centuries to enjoy it. This is the denouement of ''Captive of Gor'', ''Slave Girl of Gor'', and the other girl-protagonist stories, and a number of other Master/slave relationships seem to be heading that way in other books too.

* UnfortunateImplications: Not so much implied as bashed over one's head. One standout is a black woman in ''Assassin'' who takes to slavery extremely easily, even by Gorean standards (the others comment on this).

* JumpedTheShark: Some will say that the shark was jumped by page 1, but a not-uncommon sentiment is that "the first N books aren't ''that'' bad..." for values of N that range from 2 to 6.

** We never see an old slavegirl. Slavegirls on Gor are primarily sex slaves, and can be killed for failing to please. Perhaps they're euthanized when their looks start to fade?
*** They supposedly have anti-aging treatments that prolong human life for centuries if not indefinitely. So, their looks might not fade for a long time. Of course, they're instead stuck in a life where they're used as human sex toys for multiple human lifetimes with little chance for freedom and the ever present fear of death by capricious jerks and likely conditioned to enjoy that sort of life, which is probably even more horrifying.

*** While the phrase "Curiosity is not becoming in a slave girl" is a common one on Gor, nobody really believes that they shouldn't have any curiosity or emotions. Stupid girls don't make good slaves.

** And don't forget [[http://books.adultfanfiction.net/story.php?no=544176437 Gay, Bejeweled, Nazi Bikers of Gor]].

** A meta example: The loudest critics simply can't accept that they have ValuesDissonance with a completely fictional culture, and analyze it with that in their perspective. And so they wage as much as TheWarOnStraw over the books as John Norman does with the characters in it.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Anything and everything that comes out of Watney's mouth.

** A meta example: The loudest critics simply can't accept that they have ValuesDissonance with a completely fictional culture, and analyze it with that in their perspective. And so they wage as much as WarOnStraw over the books as John Norman does with the characters in it.

* CompleteMonster: Everyone. Even the women slaves.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Anything and everything that comes out of Watney's mouth.

* ValuesDissonance: Tarl expresses this himself throughout the first books, when he's still a StrangerInAStrangeLand, less and less as he adapts. Then in the late series, he and a few other Masters clinging to their values refuse to see that the world is changing, and keep insisting that it's wrong.

* TakeThatScrappy: Even the film seems to have been aware of just how annoying Watney was, as evidenced by the ending where [[spoiler:the ring ends up sending Watney back to Earth alone without Cabot, who finally gets to be with Elena, while Watney ends up having to explain to some cops why he's jaywalking in the middle of Los Angeles dressed in a ridiculous outfit]].

!!The MST3K episode featuring ''Outlaw of Gor''

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Forrester and TV's Frank performing dances together of various eras for no apparent reason.
* {{Squick}}: Mike and the bots have this reaction when Cabot and Talena make out.
-->'''Crow:''' He dislocated his ''mandible''!

The original literary series

* HoYayShipping: Some readers find men embracing men automatically homosexual, so they get a lot out of the books.

* CultClassic: To the point that there are even people in the world who try to model their life on the ideals presented in the series. Of course, this fact alone can be [[YourMileageMayVary disturbing to some]] - and unacceptable to others when they learn how many ''female'' practitioners there are eager and willing to adopt the slave role.

** That said, most Earth women seen on Gor are white Americans, and several of the native Gorean masters are black.
*** ''[[ScaryBlackMan THAT'S EVEN WORSE!]]''

* InternetBackdraft: In 90% of the internet, a mention of Gor is equivalent to trolling, unless followed up with scathing hatred and opening the floor to burn John Norman in effigy. It is a banned topic on the StarDestroyer.net forums.